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The Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) launched on 1 February a new campaign “Indoor Tanning is not cool” to inform young women that tanning salons are not as safe as they think.

Research shows that 70% of users of artificial tanning are women of 16-29 years. As well as causing premature aging of the skin, artificial tanning before the age of 30 years is associated with marked increase in the risk of melanoma.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified the UVR tanning beds in the highest category of carcinogenic risks to humans. Artificial tanning is particularly dangerous because the UV rays from sunbeds can be 10-15 times stronger than natural sunlight.

The campaign posters are real cases of young women in their twenties for the most part, having fought against melanoma, “a few years” after the artificial tanning. The DCO is posted on its website a model petition asking the government to enact legislation to prohibit the use of sunbeds for children under 18 years, as recommended by WHO in 2005.

A tan, says CDA does not protect from the sun during the holidays. It is at best equivalent of an SPF 2 to 4, which is not sufficient to protect from the sun.

Melanoma is now the third most common cancer among younger women and is easy to prevent.

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